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Polinices susanaensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Polinices susanaensis was named by Nelson (1925) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10103]. Its type specimen is UC 30711, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polinices (Polinices) susanaensis by Marincovich (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. alamedensis, P. aratus, P. brunneus, P. concinna, P. cumingianus, P. horni, P. huttoni, P. julianna, P. lewisi, P. medinae, P. nagahamai, P. onustus, P. onustus, P. panamensis, P. prolacteus, P. propeovatus, P. robustus, P. orangensis, P. subvarians, P. staringi, P. eucallosus, P. onustus, P. finlayi, P. finlayi, P. modestus, P. obstructus, P. columnaris, P. marambiensis, P. newtoni, P. panamensis, P. parki, P. saulae, P. subtenius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Polinices susanaensis Nelson p. 421 figs. pl. 55, figs. 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b
1977	Polinices (Polinices) susanaensis Marincovich p. 263 figs. PI. 23, figs. 3-6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Polinicinae	Gray 1847
genus	Polinices	Monfort 1810
species	susanaensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Polinices susanaensis Nelson 1925

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesg

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2004-10-20 00:53:45

Modified:

2018-03-19 12:56:43

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Ypresian or 61.66000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Polinices susanaensis (11117)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	USA (California)	Polinices susanaensis (215686 218671 239683 239687)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (California)	Polinices susanaensis (204137 239684 239706 239719 239720)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Polinices susanaensis (207322)